To import the traditions of the place you fled, the place that failed you, is to condemn the place you seek with the same failures.
Just because something’s been around longer doesn’t make it better.[to Daniel]
I do not understand why humans celebrate their births. Everyone who is alive has been born. It is not special. A birthday party is just a participation trophy.
Family values may have declined over the last century, but we still help our families when we can.
Tradition is a trap, it allows people to stick their head in the sand. Everything that passed was so quaint, so charming. Times were simpler. Kids didn’t have sex. Neighbors knew each other. It’s a freaking fairy tale. Things sucked then too. It just sucked without indoor plumbing.
You need to know we only receive the old people in this house, not the new. Never the new.[to Marian]
You know your grandfather, his whole life, has believed in the three F’s… fishing, f***ing, and fighting.[to Eddie]
The weight of traditions protects us. There can be comfort in making a journey others have made before.
The great stories will always return to their original forms.
That’s the point of tradition, doing things for no reason.
Like so many traditions, most people don’t know how it started, and more people don’t care. They only know how it makes them feel to see it. And what it stands for.
In our world, old friendships are hereditary.[to Marian]
